Bryan Palacio/Contributing Writer
On Feb. 6, a University attendant couldn’t help but notice a marijuana odor coming from a suspicious package in the University Park Towers mailroom.
The package was labeled to former FIU football player Caylin Hauptmann from a sender with the same last name in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The attendant quickly alerted resident assistant Francis Copeland who then called the FIU Police Department to investigate. One of the officers observed the same smell emanating from the package.
According to the completed investigation, FIUPD sent two officers to Hauptmann’s dorm. When the two officers arrived, they noted the handle on the door had been dislodged. Fearing a burglary, they received clearance from the RA to enter, finding Prince Matt, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman on the football team and resident of the dorm, in the common area of the room.
FIUPD entered Matt’s room and once inside found five marijuana stems in plain view. Matt immediately admitted to possession of the marijuana stems and was placed under arrest. He was booked at 3:24 a.m. on Feb. 7, on $1,000 bond. The case was later settled for $50 and closed the same day.
The same day, Caylin’s father, George Hauptmann, called FIUPD and advised that his son was going to pick up the package but expressed concerns that it might have been a package sent by Caylin’s mother addressed to Caylin. George Hauptmann was then informed of the situation. Caylin Hauptmann never reported to FIUPD to retrieve his package.
On Friday Feb. 8, George Hauptmann called FIUPD on behalf of his son, Caylin, and said that Caylin did not want the package because it was tampered with. George Hauptmann feared it’d hurt Caylin’s chances of being drafted in the NFL.
The package contained the following: five bags of potato chips, two photos, a card, a check from Bank of America in the amount of $575 from his father’s account and one gram of medical cannabis.
The Sports Media Relations Department would not comment on Matt’s status on the team, referring Student Media to their Feb. 7 statement of not commenting on incidents still under investigation.
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